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Proverbs 23:9
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֹזֶןʼôzen · o'-zen
H241 · Hebrew
H241 · Hebrew
- Definition
- broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- Derivation
- from H238 (אָזַן);
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- אָזְנֵ֣י — common noun, feminine, dual, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 188 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:8Genesis 23:10Genesis 23:13Genesis 23:16Genesis 35:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֹזֶן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.